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[Adam Fields]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:16:40PM -0500, krisjanis gale wrote:
> this is ABSOLUTELY *NOT* a cross-browser solution...
> only things that work in all browsers without any issues
> are either copying values to a set a hidden fields in the parent
> and having the child submit that form in the parent and then close
> itself, OR to have the child redirect the parent then close itself
> using an onload handler as part of the script that deals with the
> submitted form...  i *wish* setting the form target (either
> dynamically with javascript or statically using the target=
> attribute of form) but it isn't support unequivocally,
> and it's not likely that it ever will be.

Interesting. It's part of the HTML 4.01 spec.

http://www.htmlref.com/reference/AppA/form.htm
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/frames.html#h-16.3

What browsers don't support this?

> >2) As a point of interest, you can absolutely put the results of a
> >form in another window.
> >
> >You can do this by setting the target attribute of the form, either
> >directly in the form tag or with javascript - it's a property of the
> >form object.


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				- Adam

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